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Summer 1936. Bearing the expectations of a nation and their Fuhrer two climbers set out to be the first to conquer the last great problem of the Alps. But soon their ascent becomes a race for survival threatened by injury and storms of unimaginable fury. Before long their quest becomes a pusle-pounding race against both time and the awesome forces of nature. Shot through with scenes of gut-wrenching peril rivaling those of Touching The Void Northface is a powerful breathtaking tale of human endurance on a terrifying landscape; towering over 1 800m the North Face has claimed over 60 lives and earned itself the grimly appropriate nickname: the murder wall.

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring but illegal high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974 what some consider the artistic crime of the century.

Senna is the true story of Brazilian motor-racing legend, Ayrton Senna, whom many believe was the greatest driver who ever lived.Spanning Senna's titanic Formula One career, the film charts his physical and spiritual journey, both on track and off; his quest for perfection and his ultimate transformation from a supremely gifted novice, who exploded into F1 in 1984, to myth after the tragic events of Imola in 1994. Made with the full co-operation of the Senna family and Formula One Management, Senna is the first official documentary feature about his life, featuring astounding archive material, much of which is previously unseen.

Frank Gehry and Sydney Pollack are two of the best-known names in their respective fields of architecture and filmmaking. In his first documentary Academy Award-winning director Pollack turns his camera on to his long-time friend Gehry one of the world's most celebrated architects and creator of some of the greatest buildings of the modern era including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Pollack uncovers Gehry's creative process from his early abstract sketches and three dimensional models to the awe-inspiring finished structures. Shot in an informal highly accessible style and featuring contributions from Gehry's contemporaries clients and admirers including Philip Johnson Dennis Hopper and Julian Schnabel among others the film is a fascinating portrait of the man whose masterpieces have transformed a conventional science into an extraordinary art form.

If you meet your double you should kill him. An ingenious hybrid Double Take is part mock-documentary part conceptual experiment and altogether a thought-provoking hugely entertaining and hilarious piece that does for Alfred Hitchcock what Orson Welles did for himself in his myth-making F for Fake. Using archive TV and newsreel material classic footage from his films and newly shot scenes Double Take constructs a new tale of paranoia and mystery narrated by Hitchcock himself.

In the autumn of 2006 The Rolling Stones took time off from their stadium tour to play the legendary Beacon Theatre in New York City with some friends and played some songs - never performed live before - Martin Scorsese was there to capture it all!

An inspirational drama Akeelah and the Bee is the story of Akeelah Anderson (Palmer) a precocious eleven-year old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite the objections of her mother (Bassett) Akeelah enters various spelling contest for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Fishburne) her principal Mr. Welch (Armstrong) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in turn united her neighborhood who witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

Summer 1936. Bearing the expectations of a nation and their Fuhrer two climbers set out to be the first to conquer the last great problem of the Alps. But soon their ascent becomes a race for survival threatened by injury and storms of unimaginable fury. Before long their quest becomes a pusle-pounding race against both time and the awesome forces of nature. Shot through with scenes of gut-wrenching peril rivaling those of Touching The Void North Face is a powerful breathtaking tale of human endurance on a terrifying landscape; towering over 1 800m the North Face has claimed over 60 lives and earned itself the grimly appropriate nickname: the murder wall.

The Cove begins in Taiji Japan where former dolphin trainer Ric O'arry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s it was O'Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation flipper. But his close relationship with those dolphins - the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day -- led O'Barry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast. But in a remote glistening cove surrounded by barbed wire and Keep Out signs lies a dark reality. It is here under cover of night that the fishermen of Taiji driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

In 1950's apartheid South Africa free-spirited caf''-owner Amina meets introverted wife Miriam and their unexpected attraction pushes them to question the rules that bind them. In a system that divides white from black and women from men what chance is there for an unexpected love to survive?

Based on real events the film follows two young musicians Negar and Ashkan who are promised a gig in London and embark on a frantic mission to assemble a backing band. The couple have recently served prison terms for breaching the ban on 'Western and decadent music' and for Negar these activities are particularly dangerous: as a female musician unauthorised public performances can carry savage penalties. Now they face a search for the elusive and costly paperwork that will permit them to leave for Europe. Teaming up with promoter and bootlegger Nader their search takes them into Tehran and a vibrant underground culture of rappers rockers electro-artists and singer-songwriters who risk arrest to perform Western songs overlaid with their own politicised lyrics. But as Negar and Ashkan try to convince others to follow their lead the risks that they are taking become all too apparent.

Armed with pocket-sized video cameras a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country. Compiled from the shaky handheld footage acclaimed filmmaker Anders Ostergaard's Burma VJ plays out as a real-life thriller as the Video-Journalists themselves become the target of the Burmese government.

I'm still the Hitler of the times. This Hitler has only one objective; justice for his people sovereignty for his people. If that is Hitler right... then let me be a Hitler ten fold. - Robert Mugabe Michael Campbell is one of a handful of white farmers still left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began enforcing his controversial land seizure program an initiative intended to reclaim white-owned land and redistribute it to poor black Zimbabweans. Since 2000 formerly thriving farms that employed thousands now sit derelict while poverty and hunger are rife amongst the majority of the country's citizens; but 74-year-old Mike refuses to back down. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 2008 presidential election Mugabe and the White African follows Mike and son-in-law Ben Freeth's harrowing attempt to take Mugabe to an international court for racism and violation of their human rights. It is an unprecedented case upon which rests not only Mike and his family's future but also the future of millions of ordinary Zimbabweans who continue to suffer at the hands of one of the world's most infamous tyrants. Much of this film was shot covertly. To have been caught filming would have meant imprisonment.

Summer 1936. Bearing the expectations of a nation and their Fuhrer two climbers set out to be the first to conquer the last great problem of the Alps. But soon their ascent becomes a race for survival threatened by injury and storms of unimaginable fury. Before long their quest becomes a pusle-pounding race against both time and the awesome forces of nature. Shot through with scenes of gut-wrenching peril rivaling those of Touching The Void Northface is a powerful breathtaking tale of human endurance on a terrifying landscape; towering over 1 800m the North Face has claimed over 60 lives and earned itself the grimly appropriate nickname: the murder wall.

Heavy Load are Lewes' answer to The Ramones a punk outfit subject to the inflammatory mix of ego fantasy and desire that fuels any emerging band. They're also uniquely made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities which makes the band's survival a precarious negotiation between two different worlds: on the one hand the institutional timetable of day centres worl placements and social workers; on the other the chaotic slacker life of rehearsal rooms studios and gigs. Shot over two years as the band record their first album The Queen Mother's Dead the film is a comedy of conflicting ambitions capturing the sweat and romance of playing in a band as they move out of the ghetto of disability club nights to test whether their dreams can survive in the mainstream.

Tovariche: I Am Not Dead explores the remarkable story of Garru Urban as his son set out to reveal the cleverly constructed truth of his father who survived both Nazi concentration camps and Russian gulags and may or may not be an international spy.